In a case reminiscent of the consequences of Afghanistani Abdul Rahman’s conversion to Christianity, two Turkish men who became Christians are being tried on criminal charges of insulting “Turkishness.” Hakan Tastan, 37, and Turan Topal, 46, are als…

Two more cases of jihadists threatening free speech and countries have come up this week. First, there is the Islamic world’s violent (surprise surprise) reaction to Pope Benedict’s very courageous criticism of Islam. There’s more about the case her…

Peter Robinson observes the stunning clarity of Pope Benedicts discussion of Faith and Reason which has caused Islamofascists to find themselves, once again, to be up in arms and promoting assasination (and Islamofascists say with a straight face tha…

Pope Benedict gives a lecture against violence and coercion in religion and Muslims respond by burning him in effigy….

]]>By: The religion of peace (oops… I meant, pieces) at Addison Roadhttp://hotair.com/archives/2006/09/15/turkish-bestseller-who-will-kill-the-pope-in-istanbul/comment-page-1/#comment-53473
Sat, 16 Sep 2006 04:29:23 +0000http://hotair.com/archives/2006/09/15/turkish-bestseller-who-will-kill-the-pope-in-istanbul/#comment-53473[…] And speaking of assassinating the Pope , don’t miss this instant classic when it comes out. […]
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Sat, 16 Sep 2006 04:06:11 +0000http://hotair.com/archives/2006/09/15/turkish-bestseller-who-will-kill-the-pope-in-istanbul/#comment-53470Pope Benedict: ”The world needs God. We need God, but what God,” the pope asked. ”We do not fail to show respect for other religions and cultures, profound respect for their faith, when we proclaim clearly and uncompromisingly the God who encounters violence with his own suffering; who in the face of the power of evil exalts his mercy, in order than evil may be limited and overcome.”

As someone mentioned earlier, he was speaking of the sort radical individualism — as an outgrowth of secularization — that relegates religion to subculture status. The real decisions in society are made without any connection to the divine, is his fear for humankind. Hardened hearts and hardened ears that do not listen to reason beyond utilitarianism.

This is not the first time that this great man has spoken of these things, of course. His purpose, I think, was to provoke cross-cultural and inter-religious dialogue — in the name of PEACE and social justice.

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Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:08:14 +0000http://hotair.com/archives/2006/09/15/turkish-bestseller-who-will-kill-the-pope-in-istanbul/#comment-53295Regarding the novel mentioned by Allah: I am very, very opposed to and offended by anything depicting violence to or, worse yet, the assassination of an incumbent authority. This applies to the Pope, the President of The United States, the Queen of England, the King of Saudi Arabia, and so on and so forth. It’s utterly tasteless and completely inappropriate. Once the authority has been succeeded, then people can write what they want (in which case it becomes a “what if” or somesuch issue), but never when an authority is still in office.
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Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:00:07 +0000http://hotair.com/archives/2006/09/15/turkish-bestseller-who-will-kill-the-pope-in-istanbul/#comment-53292Yep, it is “hump”. Via Confederate Yankee: Lost In Translation.

Jamaat-e Islami is one of the most influential and clout-y (is that even a word) Islamist organizations in Pakistan. I don’t like them one bit, though.

Target of jihad It all seems so familiar, doesn’t it (via Yahoo.com): A Palestinian from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade attends a rally in Gaza to protest against remarks regarding Islam made by Pope Benedict XVI September 15, 2006. REUTERS/Mohammed……

The Pope offends them, and so, they burn stuff. UPDATE: If the wire services believe that Pope Benedict committed a “blunder”, exposing his failure to “master the global media” as far as his last statment was concerned, they’re about as……

Anyone who describes Islam as a religion as intolerant encourages violence.”

Does the spokeswoman not get the bald irony? How can anyone utter these words with a straight face??

If you call me violent again I’ll kill you.

Oh. Ok.

Damn Rosetta, you read my mind. Don’t look at the advertisements though…it’s a mess in there. I enjoyed that quote…kinda has a Mafia extortion racket bit to it…ya know, you gotta nice place here; be a shame if someone came in and tore it up…ya gotta pay for protection ya know.’ Seriously though, the people who say that with a straight face are the ones who know the MSM will never ask them a question about it. Ok, well, maybe they’ll send Mike Wallace over there to slobber on their shoes, but there won’t be any questioning. Man, these people have no fear at all of being challenged..sad.